August 8, 1953: Sam Beckett leaps into the not so ordinary town of Cokeburg, Pennsylvania. Sam has to save the lives two miners, Tonchi and Pete, and right a major wrong in Al's life all while puzzled about how he has leaped into himself at the exact moment he was born and is faced by many familar looking people.

Scott Bakula (Sam), Dean Stockwell (Al), Dennis Wolfberg (Gooshie) and Bruce McGill (Al the bartender) are the only actors to appear in both this episode and the pilot, "Genesis Part I - September 13, 1956".

This was Dennis Wolfberg's final acting role before his death on October 3, 1994.

Episode Quotes

Sam:(narrating) It was August 8, 1953, literally the day I was born. But instead of nursing at my mother’s breast, I was nursing my third beer in a vain attempt to make sense out of this bizarre leap. I had leaped into a coal-mining tavern peopled with names and faces both strange and familiar to me. But the biggest surprise was that I was me. For the first time in years the reflection in the mirror was mine, grey hair, crow’s feet, and all. So why had I leaped here? What wrong was I to put right? And where in God’s name was Al? I was desperate for answers. So desperate I was even looking for them....

Ziggy Ziganovich:(referring to the computer Ziggy) Not much of a looker, huh?Sam: I wouldn’t let her hear you say that.

Sam:(narrating) If I’m Don Quixote, Al’s my Sancho.

Episode Goofs

During one scene, Captain Z-Ro comes on television. However, the series did not begin until December 1955, two and a half years after the events of this episode.